fumarole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity.

Word forms

fumarole fumaroles

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fumarola. Likely a doublet of femerell. By surface analysis, fume + -ar + -ola.

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